Quality Assessment of Data on Waist and Hip Circumferences in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 4b. Waist: distribution of second last digits (i.e. full cm) by RUA, ages 25-64 (see Section 4.3.1).
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of second last digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
AUS-NEWa Mid
Fin
 1345
1323
 51.4
50.6
 11.7
10.3
 8.0
8.8
 8.3
10.0
 12.4
10.4
 11.2
10.1
 10.5
10.3
 8.6
9.4
 8.6
9.2
 11.7
10.9
 9.1
10.7
AUS-PERb Mid
Fin
 1637
1475
 49.4
49.2
 10.1
10.6
 8.6
11.8
 10.3
9.8
 10.9
10.0
 9.9
8.7
 10.6
9.7
 10.0
9.8
 10.1
9.9
 9.2
10.3
 10.3
9.5
BEL-CHAa Fin 669 53.4 12.6 7.6 10.2 8.5 8.4 10.3 10.2 11.2 12.1 9.0
BEL-GHEa Fin 975 51.4 11.4 10.1 9.8 8.5 10.1 11.0 11.4 10.3 8.7 8.8
CAN-HALa Fin 561 49.7 10.9 8.9 9.4 8.7 7.7 10.7 9.1 10.0 12.7 11.9
CHN-BEIa Mid
Fin
 1560
1429
 50.1
48.1
 10.8
10.5
 8.9
10.5
 10.2
8.5
 10.2
9.9
 9.2
10.4
 10.6
9.5
 10.3
9.2
 11.0
10.1
 9.6
9.6
 9.3
11.8
CZE-CZEa Mid
Fin
 2766
2346
 53.6
50.7
 11.5
9.8
 8.7
10.2
 10.6
9.7
 9.7
10.2
 10.1
10.8
 8.9
9.8
 10.8
9.7
 9.1
9.4
 10.6
10.7
 9.9
9.7
DEN-GLOa Mid
Fin
 1476
1619
 53.3
49.0
 9.7
9.6
 9.4
9.8
 10.8
9.1
 9.0
10.0
 10.1
9.9
 10.1
9.7
 12.0
9.6
 9.1
11.0
 10.6
10.6
 9.1
10.6
FIN-KUOa Mid
Fin
 1544
1551
 51.3
55.3
 10.6
11.5
 10.6
8.4
 11.9
11.7
 8.6
8.9
 9.8
10.5
 10.0
9.7
 10.4
9.6
 9.6
9.7
 8.7
11.9
 10.0
7.9
FIN-NKAa Mid
Fin
 2989
1436
 51.5
50.0
 9.6
9.9
 8.7
9.3
 10.6
9.5
 10.3
11.1
 9.8
11.4
 9.2
8.8
 10.9
9.3
 10.7
11.1
 10.5
10.0
 9.6
9.6
FIN-TULa Mid
Fin
 1498
1546
 49.3
53.0
 8.0
10.9
 10.1
8.9
 9.1
10.5
 10.0
8.4
 11.5
9.6
 9.6
10.2
 10.9
10.6
 9.7
10.9
 9.7
11.3
 11.3
8.7
FRA-LILa Fin 1147 50.6 9.6 9.2 9.3 10.1 10.9 9.9 9.4 10.5 11.3 9.8
FRA-STRa Fin 1058 50.0 8.5 11.2 12.2 10.4 11.6 10.1 8.6 8.8 9.1 9.5
FRA-TOUa Mid
Fin
 581
1174
 46.6
52.3
 9.0
11.7
 10.8
8.9
 10.8
11.8
 10.5
9.1
 7.6
9.5
 10.0
10.0
 9.5
8.9
 10.8
10.2
 9.8
10.5
 11.2
9.5
GER-AURa Mid
Fin
 2152
2181
 51.9
50.8
 11.8
10.7
 9.9
9.3
 10.3
9.4
 9.2
10.6
 10.1
9.7
 9.8
9.5
 9.8
10.7
 10.3
10.4
 9.9
10.3
 9.0
9.4
GER-AUUa Mid
Fin
 1723
1684
 54.0
50.8
 12.2
10.5
 7.8
10.0
 11.0
9.6
 9.8
9.2
 8.9
10.3
 9.5
10.9
 10.3
10.7
 10.0
9.3
 11.5
9.7
 8.9
9.8
GER-COTa Mid 221 43.9 11.8 14.0 9.0 11.8 8.1 9.5 6.3 9.5 8.6 11.3
GER-EGEb Fin 1153 52.3 9.1 9.6 10.9 9.9 11.3 9.8 9.9 9.9 11.1 8.5
GER-ERFa Mid 177 49.2 10.2 11.9 8.5 5.6 12.4 10.2 9.6 11.9 8.5 11.3
GER-HACb Mid 881 52.1 11.4 9.8 11.0 9.3 9.6 9.3 11.4 11.5 8.7 8.1
GER-KMSe Mid 297 49.2 13.8 8.1 12.8 8.1 6.7 10.4 5.7 12.1 10.1 12.1
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of second last digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ICE-ICEa Fin 1794 50.4 9.7 8.8 10.5 9.2 9.8 10.5 9.7 10.1 10.7 11.0
ITA-BRIa Mid
Fin
 1490
1644
 52.4
48.4
 13.0
10.5
 7.4
11.1
 10.5
9.2
 10.0
8.0
 9.3
10.8
 9.5
11.7
 9.6
8.0
 11.1
10.6
 10.0
10.0
 9.5
10.2
ITA-FRIa Mid
Fin
 1790
1766
 52.4
49.7
 10.4
9.9
 11.2
10.4
 11.1
10.8
 8.4
9.1
 9.9
9.8
 10.1
10.1
 11.4
10.1
 10.2
11.2
 9.7
9.1
 7.8
9.6
LTU-KAUa Fin 1232 50.8 11.2 10.7 10.6 8.9 9.3 10.6 9.0 9.9 10.7 9.1
NEZ-AUCa Fin 1472 50.3 8.8 9.0 10.2 9.9 9.8 10.7 10.5 9.0 11.1 11.1
POL-TARa Fin 1315 49.6 10.2 10.0 10.3 9.4 9.2 10.7 9.9 11.4 10.0 8.9
POL-WARa Fin 1514 50.5 10.2 9.0 11.0 10.6 9.3 10.0 9.5 9.8 10.5 10.1
RUS-MOCa Fin 1084 51.5 11.2 11.0 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 11.4 8.6 8.9 9.3
RUS-MOIa Fin 1325 62.4 19.5 5.9 9.1 6.0 9.7 13.7 10.9 6.2 13.3 5.8
SPA-CATa Mid
Fin
 2910
3427
 49.7
50.5
 10.1
10.0
 9.1
9.7
 9.8
10.2
 10.4
10.3
 9.8
9.8
 10.7
10.2
 10.1
10.5
 9.3
9.5
 9.9
10.0
 10.7
9.8
SWE-GOTa Mid
Fin
 1547
1607
 51.3
51.1
 10.4
11.0
 10.7
9.9
 11.6
10.1
 9.6
9.7
 11.6
10.4
 8.7
9.5
 9.0
9.1
 10.7
9.4
 8.7
10.5
 9.0
10.4
SWE-NSWa Mid
Fin
 1552
1487
 50.5
53.2
 11.6
10.4
 9.7
9.9
 10.3
10.3
 9.5
9.3
 9.3
11.8
 11.0
9.1
 9.8
10.4
 9.1
9.0
 9.5
10.2
 10.2
9.5
SWI-TICa Fin 1496 51.2 10.6 12.0 9.2 10.2 11.2 8.2 10.2 10.7 10.0 7.8
SWI-VAFa Fin 1539 51.0 11.4 9.7 10.2 10.2 10.7 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.5 11.0
UNK-BELa Fin 1990 50.2 9.6 11.9 9.6 7.7 11.5 9.6 9.9 9.9 9.5 10.7
UNK-GLAa Mid
Fin
 1488
1810
 49.3
51.3
 8.1
9.2
 11.4
11.8
 10.1
8.2
 8.5
9.2
 11.2
11.2
 9.6
8.6
 11.0
10.8
 9.6
9.0
 8.8
11.8
 11.6
10.2
YUG-NOSa Mid
Fin
 1569
1270
 58.6
50.6
 12.9
11.3
 7.5
9.1
 11.8
9.4
 9.6
8.6
 12.0
9.1
 7.9
11.0
 10.1
11.4
 8.8
10.7
 11.8
9.3
 7.5
10.0
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of second last digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9